Combined funnel and can-top



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H. GREELY.

GOMBINED FUNNEL AND GAN TOP. No. 398,390. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

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HARVARD GREELY, OF ELLSVVORTH, MAINE.

COMBINED FUNNEL AND CAN=TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,390, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filed December 12, 1888. Serial No. 293,376. o model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concerm Be it known that I, HARVARD GREELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellsworth, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Combined Funnel and Can-Top; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a combined funnel and can-top for-cans of various kinds; and it consists of a funnel provided with a spout adapted to lit and be secured to the top or neck of common cans, and having acap to close the open end of the spout, to thus form the cover for the said can, as will he hereinalter more fully explained.

My invention is more partimilarly adapted for lamp-filling kerosene-oil cans having sloping tops and threaded metallic necks, upon which the funnel is screwed when not in use, as it thus forms an attachable tunnel that can be always found when wanted, and when not in use is out of lhe way without occupying extra room.

.llhroughout the dcsm-iption rellrrence is made to the accinnpanying drawings, in which- Figure .l is a side elevation of an oilcan hz iving my improved funnel-cover attached. Fig. is an elevation of my improved funnel candop with the cap removed and showing a different fastening device for securing it to a can. Fig. 3 is an elevation of part of a cantop, showing the neck as constructed when used with the fastening shown in Fig. 2.

Similarletters of reference refer to like parts throughout the different figures.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachable tunnel for various liquiddiolding cans, that will serve the double purpose of a ,l'unnel and a cover or top for the said can.

In the drawings, A represents the body of an ordinary keroscnc-oil can; B, the oil-spout; H, the handle, and. G the can-top.

D is' the body of my improved funnel-top, which is constructed from tin or other suitable sheet metal cut and formed in the shape of a cone, to correspond with the cone-top C of the can A. Upon the surface of this coneshaped body l) are Formed, by pressing or crimping, small longitudinal corrugations j", which prevent the fingers from slipping when turning the funnel-top on and off. At the small end of this cone-shaped body D is left a hole about equal in size to the opening in the top of the can, and a spout, F, with an enlargement, L, is soldered over this opening, forming a complete funnel. The enlargement L of the funnel-spout F forms the Tart that is fitted to the neck or upper part of the can, and it is locked or fastened thereto by means of threads pressed thercinwhen forming the said spout. These threads coincide with similar threads formed on the neck of the can. A removable cap, g, attached by a small chain, is fitted to cover the small end of the spout F, and thus this end is closed when my funneltop is attached to a can.

The manner of using my improved. funnel can-top is obvious. The can is of course provided with the usual threaded metal neck,

upon which the enlarged and threaded portion L of the funnel-spout is screwed. The tunnelbody D closely fits the slopin top of the can,

and the small longitudinal corrugations f greatly assist in firmly fastening the said funnel by furnishing means for a good grip and preventing the fingers from slipping during the operation. Now by pressing the cap g upon the end of the spout F the can is practically sealed air-tight.

1 do not intend to confine myinvention en tirely to screw-top cans, for the fastenings shown in Figs. 2 and 3, which consist of small outwardly-extending studs c, projecting from the neck L of the can, fitting into corresponding L-sha-ped slots or indentures, e, in the en larged portion of the funnelspout L, would be equally as good; or in a great many cases by making the enlarged portion L slightly tapering to fit upon a similarly-tapered neck of a can would be suificient.

Having now described. my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A combined funnel and can-top consisting of the cone-shaped funnelbodyD and the spout F, with theenlarged portion. L, adapted to fit and be secured to the neck of a can, in combination with spout-cap g, snbstan' tially as shown, and for the purpose described. 1 neck of a can, and a cap to fasten over the 2. As a new article of manufacture, an atopen end of the spout, substantially as shown tuchable funnel can-top consisting of the conei and described. shaped funnel-body D, provided with eorru- HARVARD GREELY. gations f, havingthe spout F, with an enlarge- 1 Witnesses: ment, and with fastening devices requiring a 1 FRED L. KENT, rotary movement of the funnel-body to the v H. \V. CUSHMAN. 

